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say should not be ruling syria? >> it's a fascinating military dmem ma. the u.s. military has made the case it would be difficult to send manned aircraft to bomb inside syria and the regime target because syria has radar, anti-aircraft missiles. you can't take that risk with american pilots. what officials are now saying is they have looked at where they believe isis is. it's a less populated area. if you're going doubt damascus, the capital of syria and get to the al-assad regime, very tough military business. the chances of getting shot down a little too risky for the u.s. to take. but isis in less populated areas with less air defense. maybe they can work around it and do it. and we have now seen the first military mission inside syria with that attempted rescue of the hostages. >> of course they said went off flawlessly but failed but the hostages weren't there. how did the obama administration underestimate the threat of isis? >> reporter: today's assessment of the isis threat by the white house is serious. >>
say should not be ruling syria? >> it's a fascinating military dmem ma. the u.s. military has made the case it would be difficult to send manned aircraft to bomb inside syria and the regime target because syria has radar, anti-aircraft missiles. you can't take that risk with american pilots. what officials are now saying is they have looked at where they believe isis is. it's a less populated area. if you're going doubt damascus, the capital of syria and get to the al-assad regime, very...
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it's in syria and in iraq. if the military is just attacking in iraq, clearly that's leaving a very large part of the organization untouched. things changed just last month with that raid. that secret commando raid that's only now coming out, a few details are emerging. what was significant is defense secretary hagel said although the rate didn't succeed in recovering hostages it went smoothly. that means when u.s. fighterer jets, u.s. attack helicopters entered syrian air space, they weren't attacked. the syrian air defenses, which as we have been talking about as being sophisticated didn't target in. didn't lock in on american jets and seemed to ak by es to their presence as long as they were going toward the isis stronghold. it could have been interpreted as a green light that if the u.s. wants to car rery out operations against isis in syria, the syrian government wouldn't mind. >> thank you, richard. for more on the threat from isis, i'm joined by nbc political analyst colonel jack jacobs and evan coleman,
it's in syria and in iraq. if the military is just attacking in iraq, clearly that's leaving a very large part of the organization untouched. things changed just last month with that raid. that secret commando raid that's only now coming out, a few details are emerging. what was significant is defense secretary hagel said although the rate didn't succeed in recovering hostages it went smoothly. that means when u.s. fighterer jets, u.s. attack helicopters entered syrian air space, they weren't...
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in syria and iraq. again they are deeply rooted in -- the insurgency in iraq we have faced for many years. they have of course posed a huge threat to the people in that region. it's important to underscore. as the president did the other day, that it's not simply the threat they pose to the united states. it's the threat they pose to the entire world. they have killed thousands of civilians and muslims more than any other faith. so whatever pretense they have to establish themselves as speaking for the muslim world i think is completely disproven by their actions in that part of the world. for americans, what i say we monitor very closely whether or not isil will seek to develop plots that are aimed at the west. aimed at beyond this geographic area where they have been operating. we are doing that. we are actively consulting with european partners about how to watch the threat they could pose to the west. we take their threats seriously because they have to take every threat that's made against the unit
in syria and iraq. again they are deeply rooted in -- the insurgency in iraq we have faced for many years. they have of course posed a huge threat to the people in that region. it's important to underscore. as the president did the other day, that it's not simply the threat they pose to the united states. it's the threat they pose to the entire world. they have killed thousands of civilians and muslims more than any other faith. so whatever pretense they have to establish themselves as speaking...
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>> they won't engage syria, the government itself. but there are plans under way here at the pentagon to launch air strikes against isis targets that are located there inside syria. they stress here that no decisions have been made. but as you know at the pentagon, they are always planning for the next possible contingency, next possible mission. it seems highly likely that the u.s. military and/or cia with armed drones will start to go after some of the headquarters, some of the leadership and isis targets that are across that borderless divide between syria and iraq. not clear when. again, no decisions have been made. but at this point it almost seems inevitable that we will see some kind of air strikes against those isis targets across the border there in syria. >> is this imminent? >> not imminent. i wouldn't say that. it doesn't appear to be too far off in the distance oath. timing depends on the availability of assets, the targets, where they may be at any point in time. of course the president's order to go ahead and launch. >>
>> they won't engage syria, the government itself. but there are plans under way here at the pentagon to launch air strikes against isis targets that are located there inside syria. they stress here that no decisions have been made. but as you know at the pentagon, they are always planning for the next possible contingency, next possible mission. it seems highly likely that the u.s. military and/or cia with armed drones will start to go after some of the headquarters, some of the...
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and allies air strikes in syria? >> brianna, i do believe that the administration is seriously considering that. i think that by keeping congress in the loop, keeping us informed and maybe even going a step further, getting authorization from the united states congress, i believe there are many members who feel the same way. my step son and daughter-in-law served in iraq. >> do you think that would pass a democratic senate? >> well, one can only hope. isis is a real threat. it's a threat to the entire area. it's a threat to democratic allies. and our u.s. national security interests. we cannot wish it and hope it away. we need to eliminate this. let's just first try limited air strikes and helping the kurds without further involving a u.s. troops on the ground. i think that we can beat these guys back but doing nothing is it not an option. >> congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen, thanks for joining us. next breaking news. i an stunning have you development involving a police officer who was involved in crowd control in
and allies air strikes in syria? >> brianna, i do believe that the administration is seriously considering that. i think that by keeping congress in the loop, keeping us informed and maybe even going a step further, getting authorization from the united states congress, i believe there are many members who feel the same way. my step son and daughter-in-law served in iraq. >> do you think that would pass a democratic senate? >> well, one can only hope. isis is a real threat....
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. >> reporter: militant's foot hold is in syria. >> this isn't a classic army with an other of battle thaw can take a look at a map and say this is how many they have. >> reporter: but the pentagon says that number is clearly in the thousands and growing in capability. western europeans and americans air monk the fighters. the men seen executing james foley spoke with the british accent. intelligence sources tell cbs news there are a handful of americans that link up with terror groups in syria. >> it is probably the most violent terrorist organization we have seen. no one fully anticipated how quickly the the islamic state could grow. >> reporter: the pentagon is considering a request for additional u.s. security personnel to deploy to the region. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> department of home land security and fbi sent out a bulletin to u.s. law enforcement this morning and did not say whether there was a home isis threat in the home land but did remine officers to be leather and aware. >>> another protest and memorial are planned for tonight in ferguson, missouri
. >> reporter: militant's foot hold is in syria. >> this isn't a classic army with an other of battle thaw can take a look at a map and say this is how many they have. >> reporter: but the pentagon says that number is clearly in the thousands and growing in capability. western europeans and americans air monk the fighters. the men seen executing james foley spoke with the british accent. intelligence sources tell cbs news there are a handful of americans that link up with...
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> today the pentagon refused to say if there are any immediate plans to begin a bombing campaign in syria. >> we don't telegraph our punches, but i think you can rest assured that the leadership here in the pentagon understands the threat posed by this group. >> the white house says it considers the brutal beheading of journalist james foley a terrorist attack against the united states. foley's heartbroken parents say they are now praying for the safe release of the second american journalist isis terrorists are also threatening to kill. >> we pray strongly that everything possible can be done to save steven soklov and other american hostages. >> yeah. we just pray that they will be set free, and that jim will live on. we're going to establish a fund in his memory. >> reporter: as the u.s. weighs more military onlyings, the u.s.s. carl vincent has set sail from san diego for the middle east along with two more guided missile destroyers as part of a scheduled deployment. >> 6,200 sailors are part of that group as the white house says air strikes will continue in iraq and possibly syria. je
> today the pentagon refused to say if there are any immediate plans to begin a bombing campaign in syria. >> we don't telegraph our punches, but i think you can rest assured that the leadership here in the pentagon understands the threat posed by this group. >> the white house says it considers the brutal beheading of journalist james foley a terrorist attack against the united states. foley's heartbroken parents say they are now praying for the safe release of the second...
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if iraq falls apart in here, if syria falls apart in here, the crisis is going to be even much bigger and much wider. it's in essence in the interest of united states of america and the international community to actually stabilize the middle east. and whatever that stabilization means, both in humanitarian and relief for the refugee and crisis that is happening both in syria and iraq and military intervention to help stop is is from growing and to stop them completely actually, and both in supporting the government and holding them accountable in the middle east for supporting and financing some isis members or having their youth going and joining isis members. >> i think the white house is slowly coming around to that line of thinking exactly, perhaps too slowly but slowly nonetheless. >> women for women international -- thank you so much for your time. >> pleasure. >> after the break, 13 days ast death of michael brown, ferguson police release the incident report and it tells us nothing. the aclu and former federal prosecutor paul butler join me next on "now." there's a reason it's
if iraq falls apart in here, if syria falls apart in here, the crisis is going to be even much bigger and much wider. it's in essence in the interest of united states of america and the international community to actually stabilize the middle east. and whatever that stabilization means, both in humanitarian and relief for the refugee and crisis that is happening both in syria and iraq and military intervention to help stop is is from growing and to stop them completely actually, and both in...
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that's a paraphrase, but essentially he, too, was saying is you have to go into syria. so it stands to reason then that u.s. military officials are very aggressively hard at work coming up with targeting plans to go after isis with air strikes in syria. and nobody is sharing those plans for obvious reasons. but it should also be noted that any air strikes that may or may not occur in the short run would not come anywhere close to defeating isis. they would be apparently going after some particular targets, but by this time, even officials here in the pentagon acknowledge that any high-valued targets, isis leadership, are probably already well dispersed and long gone, anticipating those strikes. and general dempsey also made another point. that it will be very difficult to defeat isis single handily, that it will take input from the international community. not only europeans but other countries there in the middle east. and so far, there have been no takers to get involved in this fight. so, you know, the idea that this is going to be a long, hard fight for the u.s. and
that's a paraphrase, but essentially he, too, was saying is you have to go into syria. so it stands to reason then that u.s. military officials are very aggressively hard at work coming up with targeting plans to go after isis with air strikes in syria. and nobody is sharing those plans for obvious reasons. but it should also be noted that any air strikes that may or may not occur in the short run would not come anywhere close to defeating isis. they would be apparently going after some...
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you say we need boots on the ground in syria, why? >> there is a kurdish militia there, the pyd, which has been the point of the sphere, rescuing yazidis from mt. sinjar. we should be working with them, arming and equipping them. we can't do this from air strikes alone. we're going to need to have ground forces. the kurds are there. they're capable, committed and ready. >> so, why are you drawing a distinction between ground forces and the military? >> i'm only drawing a distinction between airpower and ground forces. we don't want to have boots on the ground. we already had a torturous war in iraq. there are kurdish peshmirga there. there are syrian kurds that are very capable. we need to work with them, spotting targets and let them go after the isis fighters, doing battle in the field. >> when you say ground forces, you don't mean u.s. troops? >> i don't mean u.s. troops. i mean kurdish peshmerga militia who are motivated and with the right weapons have shown they can take on isis and roll them back. >> okay, thank you for clarifyi
you say we need boots on the ground in syria, why? >> there is a kurdish militia there, the pyd, which has been the point of the sphere, rescuing yazidis from mt. sinjar. we should be working with them, arming and equipping them. we can't do this from air strikes alone. we're going to need to have ground forces. the kurds are there. they're capable, committed and ready. >> so, why are you drawing a distinction between ground forces and the military? >> i'm only drawing a...
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syria that wouldn't be the case. isn't there a distinction and wouldn't you have to -- >> i don't want to speak hypothetically about an action we haven't taken. to take the example of what we did, you don't need to be invited in if you are trying to rescue your people from imminent danger. that's the basis for the action we took to try to rescue our hostages. going forward we would have legal justification for any action we take and i do want to be clear. we would consult with congress. this is again a problem that we have to deal with as a nation. and so whether it's our ongoing operations in iraq or additional steps that may need to be taken against isil, we would carry those out in close consultation with congress about their support and their role in providing support for our efforts. >> you've been listening to ben rhodes, the deputy national security adviser with the president who continues to be on vacation but the world continues to be on fire with multiple crises now developing. this briefing started with wh
syria that wouldn't be the case. isn't there a distinction and wouldn't you have to -- >> i don't want to speak hypothetically about an action we haven't taken. to take the example of what we did, you don't need to be invited in if you are trying to rescue your people from imminent danger. that's the basis for the action we took to try to rescue our hostages. going forward we would have legal justification for any action we take and i do want to be clear. we would consult with congress....
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let's not, you know -- if syria is a problem for us to worry about and what to do about isis in syria, that doesn't mean we wait for a final game plan before we start acting in iraq because there are too many lives at risk. >> but the question -- and i think what concerns a lot of americans when they look at this unfolding situation is whether -- just what you said, that the perception is that really no one can beat them but the united states, but the united states military and that what ben rhodes was talking about, which is equipping and giving training and giving equipment to fighters on the grounds, to the existing people on the grounds, including parts of the modern syrian army, that that won't be enough. in the end, they still, even with our help, won't be able to overcome ie ssis. again, it's our air strikes allowing them to get the gaining they've gotten. >> i'll tell you who's not worried about that. it's the iraqis. the iraqi towns and cities that are not going to be overtaken by isis because american fire power was involved are not going to turn around and say, well, our so
let's not, you know -- if syria is a problem for us to worry about and what to do about isis in syria, that doesn't mean we wait for a final game plan before we start acting in iraq because there are too many lives at risk. >> but the question -- and i think what concerns a lot of americans when they look at this unfolding situation is whether -- just what you said, that the perception is that really no one can beat them but the united states, but the united states military and that what...
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air strikes in syria. no real definitive answer, echoing what we heard from the secretary of defense. we'll explore all options. let's stay on isis. there has been a starkly worded warning about the threat to this country from isis. and this is the warning being usual you'd from the highest ranks of the pentagon and pretty much speaks for itself. >> this is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision, which will eventually have to be defeated. >> they have no standard of decency, of responsible human behavior. >> isn't the calculation that isil presents a 9/11-level threat to the united states? >> jim, isil is a sophisticated and well-funded as any group that we have seen. they're beyond just a terrorist group. oh, this is beyond anything that we have seen. so we must prepare for everything. and the only way you do that is you take a cold, steely, hard look at it and get ready. >> it's an immediate threat. that is to say the fighters who may leave the current fight and migrate home
air strikes in syria. no real definitive answer, echoing what we heard from the secretary of defense. we'll explore all options. let's stay on isis. there has been a starkly worded warning about the threat to this country from isis. and this is the warning being usual you'd from the highest ranks of the pentagon and pretty much speaks for itself. >> this is an organization that has an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision, which will eventually have to be defeated. >> they have...
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we don't have anything similar in syria. it's not only the intelligence picture, just the open source picture. you do get some of that from social media but it's quite distorted because it's often very partisan and for one side or the other. so, you know, i think any kind of decision about what to do in syria is very much hampered by the fact that we simply don't know very much about what is going on on the ground. >> i just want to draw our viewer's attention, if you're just joining us, you'll see on the right-hand side of your screen, the pentagon briefing is expected to start soon. we're waiting for rear admiral john kirby to update us. after some pretty striking comments yesterday from his boss, chuck hagel, the defense secretary, and the chairman of the joint chiefs as well, stepping up the government's description of what the government considers a cancer. and that is isis and the spread of isis control throughout the cradle of civilization, effectively. if i could ask you this, colonel what could grow wrong? it's easy
we don't have anything similar in syria. it's not only the intelligence picture, just the open source picture. you do get some of that from social media but it's quite distorted because it's often very partisan and for one side or the other. so, you know, i think any kind of decision about what to do in syria is very much hampered by the fact that we simply don't know very much about what is going on on the ground. >> i just want to draw our viewer's attention, if you're just joining us,...
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he did not rule out air strikes inside syria, did he? >> the secretary didn't rule anything in or out. i think he said that options -- that all options remain available. and they do. and i'm not going to speculate about where that might take us, justin. i think you can understand why we wouldn't dot that. >> reporter: on the foley operation. there was a suggestion from at least one had been of congress today that the president or that the white house was slow to approve the rescue mission and that this may have led to not getting there on time essentially and that the hostages were then moved. do you have any indication that this operation was slowed down in any way? >> i don't have any such indication, justin. as we talked about before, attempts like this which was risky under the best of circumstances, they take time. they take time to plan. they take time to organize. and just as critically, it takes time for you become informed enough to be able to conduct that kind of an operation. intelligence is not perfect and it is often layered
he did not rule out air strikes inside syria, did he? >> the secretary didn't rule anything in or out. i think he said that options -- that all options remain available. and they do. and i'm not going to speculate about where that might take us, justin. i think you can understand why we wouldn't dot that. >> reporter: on the foley operation. there was a suggestion from at least one had been of congress today that the president or that the white house was slow to approve the rescue...
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he did not rule out airstrikes inside syria, did he? >> the secretary didn't rule anything in or out. i think he said that options, that all options remain available. and they do and i'm not going to speculate about where that might take us, justin. i think you can understand why we wouldn't do that. >> on the foley operation, there was suggestion from at least one member congress today that the president, or the at that the white house was slow to approve the rescue mission and that this may have led to not getting there on time essentially and the hostages were then moved. do you have any indication that this operation was slowed down in any way? >> i don't have any such indication, justin. as we talked about before, attempts like this, which was risky, under the best of circumstances, they take time, they take time to plan. they take, they take time to organize. and just as critically, they, it takes time for you to become informed enough to be able to conduct that kind of an operation. intelligence is not perfect and it is often lay
he did not rule out airstrikes inside syria, did he? >> the secretary didn't rule anything in or out. i think he said that options, that all options remain available. and they do and i'm not going to speculate about where that might take us, justin. i think you can understand why we wouldn't do that. >> on the foley operation, there was suggestion from at least one member congress today that the president, or the at that the white house was slow to approve the rescue mission and...
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the question is why not know after isil where they started, which is in syria? i know you described enabling the iraqis politically and militarily to roll back the gains in iraq, but they do have a sanctuary in eastern syria. what is the strategy if it is not to go root them out inside syria? why not go that route? >> first, going back to your point about my statement on what our objectives are, which i just restated in my statement, i would also say in addition to that, i believe the president has been clear on this, that we continue to explore all options regarding isil and how best we can assist our partners in that area. the middle east, particularly in .raq against isis you all know in the president's request for a $5 billion antiterrorism fund, it was $500 million in there to assist the moderate opposition. so that is what we are looking at, that is what we are doing and we will continue to stay focused on what we are doing now and exploring all options. >> do the options you refer to include airstrikes? >> we are looking at all options. >> i wanted to ask
the question is why not know after isil where they started, which is in syria? i know you described enabling the iraqis politically and militarily to roll back the gains in iraq, but they do have a sanctuary in eastern syria. what is the strategy if it is not to go root them out inside syria? why not go that route? >> first, going back to your point about my statement on what our objectives are, which i just restated in my statement, i would also say in addition to that, i believe the...
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ideas, stepping up air strikes in iraq, even considering should somebody think about air strike inside syria. the pentagon says it's not taking any option off the table, but no decisions have been made. they clearly though want to get some partnership once again with countries in the region, get them involved in all of this and history shows us that kind of partnership has been very problematic, to use a cliche, we're going to have to see where it all goes. >> are you talking about countries like saudi arabia, jordan and qatar? >> that's what the pentagon would like to see. starting with iraq. get the iraqi military back into shape so it can participate in protecting its own country, protecting against isis inside iraq. that is problematic at the moment. the air strikes in iraq, the u.s. believes, have begun to have an impact on isis' positions inside iraq. but that's very limited, narrowly focused. that does not address isis' strength in efforts to move across iraq, take territory, terrorize people. the united nations estimates something like 1 million iraqis also displaced from their homes
ideas, stepping up air strikes in iraq, even considering should somebody think about air strike inside syria. the pentagon says it's not taking any option off the table, but no decisions have been made. they clearly though want to get some partnership once again with countries in the region, get them involved in all of this and history shows us that kind of partnership has been very problematic, to use a cliche, we're going to have to see where it all goes. >> are you talking about...
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military general martin dempsey, said defeating isis requires hitting its fighters inside of syria. >> isis will only truly be defeated when it's rejected by the 20 million disenfranchised sunni that happen to reside between damascus and baghdad. >> and that requires air strikes? >> it requires a variety of instruments, only one small part of which is air strikes. >> reporter: long-term success, he said, requires an international coalition to fight isis and convincing locals to reject it. but in an e-mail sent to james foley's family just days before the video of his beheading surfaced, isis threatened to strike back at any attempts to stop it. it read "you and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings." the first of which being the blood of the american citizen, james foley. the hunt is still on for those hostages and their captor. foley's executioner has not been in u.s. custody, but he does have known links to other terror groups. and intel has a good idea of who he is. >> margaret brennan, thank you very much. >>> the pentagon broke the law in getting army sergeant bowe be
military general martin dempsey, said defeating isis requires hitting its fighters inside of syria. >> isis will only truly be defeated when it's rejected by the 20 million disenfranchised sunni that happen to reside between damascus and baghdad. >> and that requires air strikes? >> it requires a variety of instruments, only one small part of which is air strikes. >> reporter: long-term success, he said, requires an international coalition to fight isis and convincing...
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it spans the border into syria. the president's defense team said attacking only a part of isis is having a limited impact. >> can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization which resides in syria? the answer is no. >> reporter: defense secretary hagel had strong warnings about this uniquely brutal group. >> this is beyond anything that we've seen. so we must prepare for everything. and the only way you do that is take a cold steely hard look at it and get ready. >> reporter: the defense officials did not say washington is prepared to extend air strikes into syria. only that they're looking at all options. isis controls large parts of iraq and syria and still holds around 20 foreign hostages. french journalist nicolas henin released in april shared a cell with some of them including reporter james foley. he said foley was singled out for abuse because he was american. >> james foley was probably my best cell mate during our months of captivity together. for sure being an american for him and t
it spans the border into syria. the president's defense team said attacking only a part of isis is having a limited impact. >> can they be defeated without addressing that part of the organization which resides in syria? the answer is no. >> reporter: defense secretary hagel had strong warnings about this uniquely brutal group. >> this is beyond anything that we've seen. so we must prepare for everything. and the only way you do that is take a cold steely hard look at it and...
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need to go into syria? martha: a rush to the rescue after a bus hits a woman. >> she was pleading really bad on the back of her head and the bus driver didn't seem like he was worried about it. one of the miller twins has a hearing problem. and she's fed up with the daily hassle of her old hearing aid. so she got a lyric in her life and everything changed. which one? you'll never know because the lyric is in her ear. 100% invisible. you can't see it, and it's the only device that works...
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in the fight against isis including more air strikes in syria. u.s. airstrikes in iraq continue to help iraqi and kurdish forces maintain control of a critical dam, the mosul dam. hagel said the group will likely regroup and launch a new offensive. >>> a california supreme court has ruled that newspapers have the right to know and publish the names of all officers involved in a pepper spraying incident at uc-davis. that incident happened against student "occupy" protestors in 2011. a university police union tried to overturn a lower court ruling that allowed newspapers to publish officers' names. with the high court's ruling, the university system just released the names of 18 officers who were on scene during the event. >>> a check of traffic now at 6:14 on a friday. are we light or in trouble? >> well, we're kind of somewhere in between. it's looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza. we could call it "friday light" for a while. unfortunately, they have this minor fender-bender right before the bay bridge toll plaza. that kind of turned on the
in the fight against isis including more air strikes in syria. u.s. airstrikes in iraq continue to help iraqi and kurdish forces maintain control of a critical dam, the mosul dam. hagel said the group will likely regroup and launch a new offensive. >>> a california supreme court has ruled that newspapers have the right to know and publish the names of all officers involved in a pepper spraying incident at uc-davis. that incident happened against student "occupy" protestors in...
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the man in the orange shirt here is believed to be steven sotloff kidnapped in syria a year ago. >>> we are learning isis demanded $132 million for journalist james foley before they beheaded him. it was a ransom the united states refused to pay. but as kpix 5's elizabeth cook shows us, the military did try to rescue him. >>> reporter: the hostages including foley and three others were thought to be at this camp inside an oil refinery in northern syria, an area controlled by isis. two dozen special operations forces commandos dropped from blackhawk helicopters outfitted with stealth technology to avoid detection. with surveillance aircraft overhead, the team swooped in to search for the hostages. they encountered isis militants and engaged in a firefight. but the hostages were gone. several isis fighters were killed. one american commando was injured. the rest were blown to say. u.s. omissions admit the covert missing launched in july was based on not great intelligence on the location of the hostages. the u.s. government had been tracking the american hostages for months. defense se
the man in the orange shirt here is believed to be steven sotloff kidnapped in syria a year ago. >>> we are learning isis demanded $132 million for journalist james foley before they beheaded him. it was a ransom the united states refused to pay. but as kpix 5's elizabeth cook shows us, the military did try to rescue him. >>> reporter: the hostages including foley and three others were thought to be at this camp inside an oil refinery in northern syria, an area controlled by...
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. >> reporter: officials have left open the possibility of starting fires and syria. >> james: israel says it will continue to target hamas leaders --- anywhere and everywhere --- af killed three senior military commanders in gaza on thursday. >> james:the israeli government says it will hit anyone who tries to harm their citizens. >> james:trucks in a russian aid convoy have been seen crossing into eastern ukraine after more than a week's delay. >> james:this is amid suspicions the mission was being used as a cover for an invasion by moscow. >> james:trucks loaded with water, generators and sleeping bags are intended for civilians in the city of luhansk, where pro-russian separatist fighters are besieged by government forces. >> james:shelling of the city has been ongoing for weeks. >> james:the relief supply mission is proceeding despite both sides in the conflict ignoring pleas for a cease-fire. >> erica: waking up to low cloud cover his and live and you have the san mateo bridge. >> erica: good morning, here's a look at the satellite and radar we have dry conditions out of the mar
. >> reporter: officials have left open the possibility of starting fires and syria. >> james: israel says it will continue to target hamas leaders --- anywhere and everywhere --- af killed three senior military commanders in gaza on thursday. >> james:the israeli government says it will hit anyone who tries to harm their citizens. >> james:trucks in a russian aid convoy have been seen crossing into eastern ukraine after more than a week's delay. >> james:this is...
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do you send forces into syria? do you start carrying out air strikes into syria? or do you have to have some sort of rapprochement with bashar al assad? bashar al assad, the regime, the brutal regime of syria, the u.s. policy until recently has been to topple the regime, to support the rebel movement. but now we're sort of fighting on the same side. so, we're starting to hear more about well, maybe we should rehabilitate bashar al assad and let him do the fighting against isis in syria. so that the u.s. doesn't have that mission creep you were just talking about. >> richard something you told us six or eight weeks ago is now the lead story in "usa today" this morning. it talks about how there are people with western pass ports, something like 500 british citizens, and another 100 american citizens, who are there at this point, helping and what a huge problem that presents. i mean if this is something that we can identify those numbers, can't we also identify those people? >> we have u.s. intelligence has names. because a lot of these people, they go missing, they
do you send forces into syria? do you start carrying out air strikes into syria? or do you have to have some sort of rapprochement with bashar al assad? bashar al assad, the regime, the brutal regime of syria, the u.s. policy until recently has been to topple the regime, to support the rebel movement. but now we're sort of fighting on the same side. so, we're starting to hear more about well, maybe we should rehabilitate bashar al assad and let him do the fighting against isis in syria. so that...
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is launching air strikes inside syria but it would not be inside syria. technically, geographically it would be across the border but they would be going after what is now considered to be the isis state, the isis nation of terrorism. quite frankly, bashar al assad is sitting back there in damascus watching all this probably with some amusement because the u.s. finds itself in a battle with the same enemy which assad does. it's a strange partnership. you know, politics makes strange bedfellows of war and sometimes even makes stranger bedfellows. in this particular case, this narrow instance, assad and the u.s. are on the same side and wanting to get rid of this threat from isis. >> nbc has learned new details about the effort to rescue james foley. last november, foley's family received an encrypted e-mail in english demanding 132 million dollar ransom. after a brief e-mail exchange the captors were not heard from again until last week, when a furious message from the group promised foley's death in retaliation for american air strikes. later on "morning
is launching air strikes inside syria but it would not be inside syria. technically, geographically it would be across the border but they would be going after what is now considered to be the isis state, the isis nation of terrorism. quite frankly, bashar al assad is sitting back there in damascus watching all this probably with some amusement because the u.s. finds itself in a battle with the same enemy which assad does. it's a strange partnership. you know, politics makes strange bedfellows...
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officials say the secret nighttime mission targeted a large isis camp near raqqah, syria, and several dozen special operation troops. gunships, helicopters and surveillance drones overhead. some 15 isis fighters were believed to have been killed. >> the united states will not let up our efforts to bring our citizens homes and their captors to justice. >> reporter: the u.s. rescue mission was launched after it became clear that no negotiations were possible with the isis group, which had demanded a ransom of $130 million for the release of james foley. >> fbi didn't take it seriously. we didn't take it seriously. >> reporter: people involved in the process say isis hostages from france and other european countries were set free after ransom payments of about $2 million cash each. delivered by middlemen from turkey. something the u.s. has refused to consider. >> in 2014 alone, isis have gotten millions of dollars from kidnapping of western citizens. obviously we believe very strongly we need to cut off their funding. >> reporter: as the fbi steps up its investigation, some former hostag
officials say the secret nighttime mission targeted a large isis camp near raqqah, syria, and several dozen special operation troops. gunships, helicopters and surveillance drones overhead. some 15 isis fighters were believed to have been killed. >> the united states will not let up our efforts to bring our citizens homes and their captors to justice. >> reporter: the u.s. rescue mission was launched after it became clear that no negotiations were possible with the isis group, which...
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he said that they told them they were being held in eastern syria. he also says they were very clear that their captors, the people actually holding them, were british. when jim foley's parents spoke publicly yesterday about their son and about losing him, one of the details they were able to share was that one of those freed european hostages had been able to bring them home a message from their son, jim. jim foley could not get a letter sent to his family, but he wrote a letter to them while he was in captivity. he had one of his fellow hostages memorize the letter so that if and when that fellow hostage was ever freed, he could recite is from memory to jim foley's parents, john and diane foley. >> we're very sure now that he could feel the prayers and we think his strength came from god, strength -- >> we know it did. as a matter of fact, we are the only american family that has never received a letter from jim. they apparently were all confiscated. so the last hostage to come out -- please -- >> yeah. >> -- daniel, memorized a letter from jim. wi
he said that they told them they were being held in eastern syria. he also says they were very clear that their captors, the people actually holding them, were british. when jim foley's parents spoke publicly yesterday about their son and about losing him, one of the details they were able to share was that one of those freed european hostages had been able to bring them home a message from their son, jim. jim foley could not get a letter sent to his family, but he wrote a letter to them while...
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they raided an oil refinery in the northern part of syria and engaged in a fire fight with islamic militants. according to "the new york times." where the hostages had been moved. we also learned that isis had attempted to extract ransom in exchange for foley. the group pressed the united states to provide a multimillion dollar ransom for his release according to a representative for his fame and former hostage held alongside him. the united states refused to pay. the ransom demand was millions of dollars according to the "the wall street journal." joining me, someone who knows what it was like to be held by extremists. in 2008 while working as a reporter for "the new york times" in afghanistan, david rohde was held by the taliban before he escaped. he's now with "reuters." the first thing i want to hear, as someone who went through a horrible ordeal, not dissimilar from what fellow journalists have gone through here, what is your reaction to this? >> well, i mean, my heart goes out to the foleys. i've talked to them quite a bit, and i talked to jim foley somewhat. i won't say i was, you kno
they raided an oil refinery in the northern part of syria and engaged in a fire fight with islamic militants. according to "the new york times." where the hostages had been moved. we also learned that isis had attempted to extract ransom in exchange for foley. the group pressed the united states to provide a multimillion dollar ransom for his release according to a representative for his fame and former hostage held alongside him. the united states refused to pay. the ransom demand...
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as we know, they are very active in syria. those borders are nonexistent. they have been able to move between iraq and syria and a point being made by u.s. defense officials, general martin dempsey yesterday saying that the issue of isis in syria needs to be tackled to be able to weaken and defeat this group. >> and she's putting her ear piece back in. hopefully you can hear me as i ask this question on the aid. the fact the u.s. air strikes simply pushed isis back from mosul dam and mt. sinjar just to get aid in and retake that dam, it also allowed, though, for some aid to now come into northern iraq, to erbil, i believe. what can you tell us about those efforts and if it's adequate, if it's enough. >> reporter: well, this is a major aid push, a much needed one, a ten-day operation by u.n. agencies. also countries like the united kingdom and france sending their own aid flights into northern iraq to reach those in internally displaced people. more than 500,000 people in desperate need of this aid to alleviate their suffering. at least for the short term. t
as we know, they are very active in syria. those borders are nonexistent. they have been able to move between iraq and syria and a point being made by u.s. defense officials, general martin dempsey yesterday saying that the issue of isis in syria needs to be tackled to be able to weaken and defeat this group. >> and she's putting her ear piece back in. hopefully you can hear me as i ask this question on the aid. the fact the u.s. air strikes simply pushed isis back from mosul dam and mt....
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officials believe a handful of americans have fought with isis in iraq and syria. and cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help the group. >> here you've got three americans who've been indicted for joining isis within the last year. including, by the way, a woman, which is quite unusual. luckily, they were arrested before they could leave the country. but clearly, ice sis sort of -- if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now. >> reporter: and tracking americans who are part of isis is getting more difficult, especially on the ground in syria and iraq. a senior u.s. intelligence official tells us the footprint for american human intelligence in that area is not extensive. analysts say the isis leader, abu bhakr al baghdadi has extra motivation to send his fighters to the u.s. >> baghdadi, who's the head of isis, is a narcissistic psychopath. he wants to be bigger than osama bin laden. one of the ways he will measure that is how effective and how big the terrorist activities he can carry out in the west are
officials believe a handful of americans have fought with isis in iraq and syria. and cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help the group. >> here you've got three americans who've been indicted for joining isis within the last year. including, by the way, a woman, which is quite unusual. luckily, they were arrested before they could leave the country. but clearly, ice sis sort of -- if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now....
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are acting out a birt murderous ambition to fight and kill alongside those from the mideast region, syria, iraq and other countries who comprised a great number of isis zealots. one killer from the west is heard in the moment before he cut it is at
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special operations to save americans from terrorist forces in syria. critics are calling this disclosure an attempt by the white house to cover itself politically after the world just saw u.s. journalist james foley beheaded by a terror group that the president earlier this year dismissed as junior varsity. in fact, the murder of foley is just the latest act in a campaign of terror by this group, isis. a group that top intel officials have been warning about for months. president obama turned down recent requests from the iraqis to hit these terrorists with air strikes. and now he is taking questions about whether we face this new terror threat because we chose not to leave any residual troops in iraq. >> do you have any second thoughts about pulling all ground troops out of iraq? and does it give you pause as a u.s. doing the same thing in afghanistan? >> you know what i just find interesting is the degree to which this issue keeps oncoming up as if this was my decision. >> so removing all those troops was not mr. obama's decision. he said that in jun
special operations to save americans from terrorist forces in syria. critics are calling this disclosure an attempt by the white house to cover itself politically after the world just saw u.s. journalist james foley beheaded by a terror group that the president earlier this year dismissed as junior varsity. in fact, the murder of foley is just the latest act in a campaign of terror by this group, isis. a group that top intel officials have been warning about for months. president obama turned...
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the group in iraq and syria is isis. when this year started, most of us had never even heard of that group. hey had been advancing and captured american vehicles, killing captured americans, taking weapons and a musician -- and ammunition, and all of this and more has happened just since une. and that the terrorists see it, they have had a triumphant summer, complete with islamic law and caliphate, complete with recruits to join in the offensive. we are talking about a movement that is bigger and better financed than al qaeda ever was. nd it's got nothing to learn from al qaeda about ruthless butchery either. isis has been butchering nonbelievers, otherwise known as innocent the him's -- innocent victims. the poor schools -- the poor souls that did not get away have met the worst of fate, beheadings, rape, enslavement, crucifixions. that is the character of this enemy. and in case we missed the point, they actually take pictures of their atrocities and post them online, calling it a preview of what we can expect in ameri
the group in iraq and syria is isis. when this year started, most of us had never even heard of that group. hey had been advancing and captured american vehicles, killing captured americans, taking weapons and a musician -- and ammunition, and all of this and more has happened just since une. and that the terrorists see it, they have had a triumphant summer, complete with islamic law and caliphate, complete with recruits to join in the offensive. we are talking about a movement that is bigger...
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one of the victims of what happened to jim foley are the people of syria. these kidnappings are so wide spread and again, we need to talk about this issue and there is no strategy and i think the raid was a good step but it's just -- i don't hear anything from administration or europe how they will counter this problem. >> appreciate you being on again. more from ferguson when we come back. we'll take a remarkable look at the scenes that played out not far from here. wait, are you running full adobe photoshop on a tablet? yep. but it's not just a tablet, it's really a laptop. it's a surface pro 3, with a touchscreen. well it can't be as fast as my mac. sure, it can. and it is. but you probably can't plug anything into it. i have a usb mini display port. plug away. and this is my favorite -- it's the kickstand. so you're saying it does more than my mac? well technically, you said it. ♪ well technically, you said it. hey there, i just got my bill, and i see that it includes my fico® credit score. yup, you get it free each month to help you avoid surprises
one of the victims of what happened to jim foley are the people of syria. these kidnappings are so wide spread and again, we need to talk about this issue and there is no strategy and i think the raid was a good step but it's just -- i don't hear anything from administration or europe how they will counter this problem. >> appreciate you being on again. more from ferguson when we come back. we'll take a remarkable look at the scenes that played out not far from here. wait, are you running...
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camp near raqqah, syria. it involved several dozen special operations troops, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters with surveillance drones overhead. some 15 i.s.i.s. fighters were believe to have been killed. >> the united states will not relent on our efforts to bring our citizens home and their captors to justice. >> reporter: the u.s. rescue mission was launched after it became clear that no negotiations were possible with the i.s.i.s. group, which had demanded a ransom of $130 million for the release of james foley. >> fbi didn't take it seriously. we didn't take it seriously. >> reporter: people involved in the process say i.s.i.s. hostages from france and other european countries were set free after ransom payments of about $2 million each, paid in cash each, delivered by middlemen in turkey. something the u.s. has refused to consider. >> in 2014 alone, isil has gotten in the millions of dollars from kidnapping of western citizens. and obviously we believe very strongly that we need to cut off their fun
camp near raqqah, syria. it involved several dozen special operations troops, fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters with surveillance drones overhead. some 15 i.s.i.s. fighters were believe to have been killed. >> the united states will not relent on our efforts to bring our citizens home and their captors to justice. >> reporter: the u.s. rescue mission was launched after it became clear that no negotiations were possible with the i.s.i.s. group, which had demanded a ransom of $130...
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." >> reporter:u-s officials are also confirming reports of a failed foley rescue attempt in syria ealier this summer. >> reporter:and the extremist group isis threatened another hostage. u-s journalist. steven sotloff. saying that his fate is dependent on what president obama does next. >> pam: in israel. hamas is warning international airlines. to stay away from ben gurion airport in tel aviv. this comes after israeli airstrikes today, honed in on high- ranking members of the hamas military wing--- known as the "qassam brigades." >> pam: three commanders were killed in those airstrikes. >> pam: next. >> pam: are nick cannon and mariah carey. on the outs? the latest breakup rumors. seehis?it sws tup rumors. presre pnts my red,ac feet. i h no ue ias ptingthisind . i ve ft fe. i fou thiout theree drchols fo mapng cter. iness an t mines, i gomy ft maand cust numr. i'a 44 i'a 21 34 that numbematcd th drchols cuom f orttic sertwithust e rit pporto hp reeve ressn myeet. i'a beever go to drhollcom r catis ansave10 i'a beever 'til labor day you doto reward yourself.t get a queen size serta mattr
." >> reporter:u-s officials are also confirming reports of a failed foley rescue attempt in syria ealier this summer. >> reporter:and the extremist group isis threatened another hostage. u-s journalist. steven sotloff. saying that his fate is dependent on what president obama does next. >> pam: in israel. hamas is warning international airlines. to stay away from ben gurion airport in tel aviv. this comes after israeli airstrikes today, honed in on high- ranking members...
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a daring nighttime raid just outside the city of roka in northern syria, a stronghold of is is. u.s. special forces were sent into danger because the intelligence showed the target was a likely location where the hostages were being held but it was not certain. the intelligence failed. >> intelligence doesn't come wrapped in a package with a bow. it is a mosaic of many pictures, of many factors. >> reporter: the mission was unprecedented. >> in ra situation where you're going into a country which is fraught with danger, which is potentially going into a city that's controlled by a nefarious and horrific force like isis, the risk levels go up considerably. >> reporter: it began under cover of darkness. several dozen elite commandos from units like army delta force and the navy s.e.a.l. team six landed in specially equipped radar helicopters. they quickly made their way to able where they were told james foley and other american hostages were being held. no one was there. a firefight broke out with nearby militants. several of those militants were killed. the u.s. team got back to
a daring nighttime raid just outside the city of roka in northern syria, a stronghold of is is. u.s. special forces were sent into danger because the intelligence showed the target was a likely location where the hostages were being held but it was not certain. the intelligence failed. >> intelligence doesn't come wrapped in a package with a bow. it is a mosaic of many pictures, of many factors. >> reporter: the mission was unprecedented. >> in ra situation where you're going...
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military action inside syria if it came to that. let me just tell you, we asked both men, both leaders why they decided that it was okay to publicize that very classified hostage rescue raid. this is not the kind of thing either of them ever talks about. they say the white house decided to do it and they approved of the idea because the news media several news media outlets were about to write stories about it. they decided to make that very secret mission public. >> barbara, i want to keep you up with us here as i bring in someone with some firsthand experience of really what it takes to plan and carry out a mission like that that we saw in the end, this is pardon me, former navy seal john mcguire. john, in the end, this was not successful but in a way i know that it was successful because the special forces were able to get out without their being really any casualties aside from i think one injury. right? >> that's correct. it's hard for many americans to understand. so maybe oversimplify it with football. we make a play and some
military action inside syria if it came to that. let me just tell you, we asked both men, both leaders why they decided that it was okay to publicize that very classified hostage rescue raid. this is not the kind of thing either of them ever talks about. they say the white house decided to do it and they approved of the idea because the news media several news media outlets were about to write stories about it. they decided to make that very secret mission public. >> barbara, i want to...
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>> satloff is a freelance reporter for time magazine, kidnaped in august 203 while on assignment in syria. >>> a nearly one and a half million-dollar pilot program aims to make camden's biggest high school safer from the inside out. a camden high school walk through reveals dozens of digital cameras and electronically monitored doors controlled by access passages. high tech security advancees were made atwood row wilson high school. >> new measures are being taken today to ensure that camden students are safe when their journey to and from school. as they arrived, ready to learn, and in a secure, motivating school environment. >> there are no plans at this time to extend the new security measures to the district's elementary and middle schools. >>> we will, good evening everyone. major delays on i-95. a lot of that has to do rush hour and birds game tonight. heading on i-95 northbound you will be held up approaching commodore barry bridge to just beyond the blue route and things starting to build around the girard point bridge area making your way down toward broad street. not too heavy y
>> satloff is a freelance reporter for time magazine, kidnaped in august 203 while on assignment in syria. >>> a nearly one and a half million-dollar pilot program aims to make camden's biggest high school safer from the inside out. a camden high school walk through reveals dozens of digital cameras and electronically monitored doors controlled by access passages. high tech security advancees were made atwood row wilson high school. >> new measures are being taken today to...
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has watched what has happened very closely in syria. they are very engaged in supporting the syrian opposition and syrian opposition factions and for the first time to have troops and boots on the ground inside syria publicly acknowledged by the united states is certainly a significant point because it shows that there say willingness on the obama administration's part to go and get involved in this conflict if it means saving american lives. the question and certainly the argument you're going to hear in the coming days is if you're doing it for the safety of american lives and you feel that the situation is so dire that you have to take this action then certainly you can also do it to save the lives of other people and certainly that is going to be a question that is going to be a concern for the u.s. to make sure it doesn't drag the united states into the syrian conflict. what you are seeing here is that the dam has been broken and the argument that the u.s. would not get involved in the syrian conflict now to some measure has broken
has watched what has happened very closely in syria. they are very engaged in supporting the syrian opposition and syrian opposition factions and for the first time to have troops and boots on the ground inside syria publicly acknowledged by the united states is certainly a significant point because it shows that there say willingness on the obama administration's part to go and get involved in this conflict if it means saving american lives. the question and certainly the argument you're going...